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2. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation - Wikipedia

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   Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an emergency procedure consisting of chest compressions often combined with artificial ventilation, or mouth to mouth in an effort to manually preserve intact brain function until further measures are taken to restore spontaneous blood circulation and breathing in a person who is in cardiac arrest.

3. Doctors Share Lifesaving Steps to Take During a Medical Emergency

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   Bystander CPR increases this rate to 30%, and the added use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) increases the survival rate to 50%. ... The Red Cross also has a free first aid app that ...

4. Basic airway management - Wikipedia

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   Treatment includes several procedures aiming at removing foreign bodies from the airways. Most modern protocols, including those of the American Heart Association, American Red Cross and the European Resuscitation Council, [4] recommend several stages, designed to apply more pressure increasingly. Basic treatment includes several procedures ...

5. Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation - Wikipedia

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   A CPR pocket mask, with carrying case. Most training organisations recommend that in any of the methods involving mouth-to-patient, that a protective barrier is used, to minimise the possibility of cross infection (in either direction). [10] Barriers available include pocket masks and keyring-sized face shields.

6. American Red Cross - Wikipedia

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   The American National Red Cross [5] ... ARC took a leading role in implementing this procedure with a goal of leukoreducing all blood products. ... CPR or AED courses ...

7. History of cardiopulmonary resuscitation - Wikipedia

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   In response to requests from the American Red Cross for the establishment of better training methods for CPR, the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences convened another ad hoc conference on CPR in 1966. Over 30 national organizations were represented at this conference.